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Kenya's supreme court cancels presidential election
Date: 2017-09-01 11:56:00 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:26 - ID:6971355
NAIROBI, Sept 1 (MENA)- Kenya's Supreme Court annulled Friday the result of last month's presidential election, citing irregularities, and ordered a new one within 60 days, BBC reported. The election commission had declared incumbent Uhuru ....
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United States gives Ethiopia $91 million in drought aid for food, medicine
Date: 2017-08-31 15:31:39 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:57 - ID:6970690
ADDIS ABABA, Aug 31 (MENA) - The United States will provide an additional $91 million in humanitarian aid for Ethiopia to cope with a third straight year of drought, the top U.S. official in charge of assistance said. The extra funding brings ....
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Two civilians dead, two others wounded in clashes in Somalia
Date: 2017-08-30 14:41:30 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:73 - ID:6969455
MOGADISHU, Aug 30 (MENA) - An improvised explosive device (IED) exploded Wednesday on the side of a road in Shebelle area south of Somalia, after a military convoy carrying African Union peacekeeping troops passed near it. Terrorist Al Shabaab ....
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Nigeria must investigate disappearances, says AI
Date: 2017-08-30 14:14:53 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:72 - ID:6969407
LONDON, Aug 30 (MENA) - Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday called on Nigerian authorities to investigate unexplained disappearances, as the rights group highlighted a pro-Iranian Shiite religious movement that claims 600 of its members are ....
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Kenya's presidential elections marred by serious human rights violations
Date: 2017-08-28 12:58:50 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:40 - ID:6965879
NAIROBI, Aug 28 (MENA) – Kenya’s presidential election on August 8, 2017 was marred by serious human rights violations, including unlawful killings and beatings by police during protests and house-to-house operations in western Kenya, Human Rights ....
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Quake hits South African gold mine; 1 killed, 4 missing
Date: 2017-08-26 19:57:02 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:72 - ID:6963350
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 26 (MENA) – A South African gold mining company says one miner has died and another four are missing after an earth tremor struck one of its sites, ABC News reported on Saturday. The Harmony company said Saturday that rescue ....
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Chadian FM: Qatar supports armed groups hostile to N'djamena
Date: 2017-08-23 19:08:01 GMT - Chad - Africa - SN:75 - ID:6958741
N'DJAMENA, Aug 23 (MENA) - Chadian Foreign Minister Hussein Taha Ibrahim said on Wednesday that his country severed ties with Doha as it undermined its security through its support for armed groups in Libya. In a phone call with Sky News ....
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UNICEF: Boko Haram use of kids as 'human bombs' soars in 2017
Date: 2017-08-22 12:57:38 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:47 - ID:6956591
GENEVA, Aug 22 (MENA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported that fourfold increase in the use of children as "human bombs" by Boko Haram group in northeastern Nigeria this year compared to all of 2016. UNICEF spokeswoman Marixie ....
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MENA Agenda for Monday, Aug 21
Date: 2017-08-21 05:59:27 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:1 - ID:6954090
CAIRO, EgyptAir operates 19 flights to transport 4,640 pilgrims to Jeddah and Madina. CAIRO, Egypt, in its capacity as the current chairman of the executive office of the Arab social affairs ministers council, presides over the first meeting of ....
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Nearly 500 dead in Sierra Leone mudslides
Date: 2017-08-20 17:41:01 GMT - Sierra Leone - Africa - SN:78 - ID:6953783
FREETOWN, Aug 20 (MENA) - Churches across Sierra Leone held special services Sunday in memory of those killed in mudslides and flooding earlier this week, as hospital officials announced the toll had risen to nearly 500 bodies collected, ABC News ....
